Combination-knife.



Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

a Home WILLIAM F. CAB/KIN, 0F MARLBORO, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

COMBINATION-KNIFE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 16, 1910.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

Serial No. 567,273.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. CARKIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marlboro, in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination-Knives, of which the following is a comprises a handle having secured thereto'a blade having a sharpened lug projecting from one side thereof for opening cans and having integral gouging and cutting portions and a guard for a portion of the cutting edge, the invention further residing in the novel features of construction and combination and arrangement of parts for service substantially as shown in the accompanying drawings and as hereinafter described.

Figure 1 represents a side view of my knife. Fig. 2 represents a rear edge view thereof, and Fig. 3 represents a sectional view of the knife on line 3.3 of Fig. 1.

The numeral 1 designates the handle of my knife having secured thereto the blade designated as a whole by the reference character 2, said blade having formed at its outer end the substantially hemispherical portion 3 having a sharpened or bevelededge 4, said portion being adapted to be inserted in v a pineapple or potato to extend under and cut or gouge the eye therefrom without damaging the interior of the fruit as would a straight pointed member. I

Projecting from the back of the blade at an angle thereto is the pointed lug 5 adapted to have its point inserted in a can, said lug havin a sharpened edge 6 adapted tobe force upward to cut the can, the back of the blade bearing against the can and serving as a fulcrum for the can opener.

As best shown in Fig. 2, the front edge of the blade has a portion 7 pressed or forced upward therefrom providing the slot 8 between it and the blade, while the blade ad jacent said slot has its front edge sharpened at 9 to provide a peeling portion, the upwardly pressed member 7 serving as a guard therefor to prevent undue cutting of the article being peeled.

For dividing fruit or vegetables or for other cutting operations where the edge 9 is inoperative on account of the guard, I provide the cutting edge 10 lying between the guard and the handle.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings the construction and operation of my improved combination knife will be readily understood and its advantages be fully appreciated and it will be seen that I have combined in one implement a plurality of the tools most commonly used in the preparation of fruit and vegetables and thus provide in compact shape a can opener, knife, paring knife with guard, and eye remover, said parts being moreover so combined as to provide a strong, simple and durable tool which can be manufactured and sold at about the same cost as any single one of said implements.

I claim:

A knife of the character described, comprising a handle, a blade having its inner end fitting in the handle and having its outer end terminating in a rounded cup-like portion, the intermediate portion of the blade near one edge being slotted and the edge being formed into an ofiset guard, the blade adjacent the inner end of the slot being sharpened to form a short paring edge, and the portion of the blade intermediate the guard and handle being sharpened to form a cutting edge, the opposite side of the blade contiguous to the handle being offsetand formed with a pointed lug having a sharp inner edge to provide a can opener.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. CARKIN.

Witnesses:

G. H. FOLLANSBEE, CYRUS H. KINSMAN. 

